Backend & Cloud
built to ship
We are Fares and Rizcalla Akel — a two-person team covering the full backend stack. APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure that hold up under real load.
Backend Engineering
APIs and services that scale under pressure
REST and GraphQL APIs, microservices, real-time systems, and database design. We build backend infrastructure that handles growth without rewrites — from greenfield projects to legacy modernization.
Data & Machine Learning
Turn your data into decisions that move fast
Data pipelines, ETL workflows, predictive models, and analytical dashboards. From raw data ingestion to production-grade ML — built to run reliably without a dedicated data team on your side.
Cloud & DevOps
Infrastructure you can ship and forget about
Cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code. We set up environments that deploy themselves, self-heal, and give your team full observability from day one.
Featured Work
Problems solved, systems that hold
A sample of what we've shipped. Details under NDA on request.
High-Traffic E-Commerce API
Rebuilt a monolithic checkout system into a distributed microservices architecture handling 50k+ daily transactions. Reduced p99 latency from 1.8s to 140ms.
Demand Forecasting Pipeline
End-to-end ML pipeline ingesting sales and logistics data to predict weekly demand across 200+ SKUs. Deployed to production with automated retraining on new data.
Zero-Downtime Cloud Migration
Migrated a legacy VPS-hosted SaaS product to AWS with full IaC, blue/green deployments, and centralized observability. Cut infrastructure cost by 35%.
Who We Are
Two engineers, one full stack
We work as a tight two-person team — no junior handoffs, no middlemen. You talk directly to the person writing your code.
Fares Akel
Backend · DevOps · Cloud
Node.js engineer and cloud architect. Builds the APIs, pipelines, and infrastructure layer that keeps products online and teams unblocked. Comfortable from greenfield design to production firefighting.
Rizcalla Akel
Python · Data Science · ML
Python developer and data scientist. Turns messy data into clean pipelines and working models. Specializes in turning analytical requirements into shipped, maintainable systems.
What Clients Say
Teams that trusted us to get it done
"They delivered a production-ready API in three weeks that our previous team had been estimating at three months. Clean code, clear communication, zero hand-holding required."
"The forecasting pipeline Rizcalla built replaced a full-time analyst's weekly report cycle. It runs automatically, flags anomalies, and hasn't missed a beat in eight months."
"Fares migrated our entire infrastructure with zero downtime over a weekend. We went from dreading deployments to shipping multiple times a day. That's not an exaggeration."
Tech Stack
Tools we know deeply, not just well
The technologies we rely on daily — chosen for reliability, not résumé padding.